Friday, April 24, 2015

May 3rd (Day 123) Bible Reading

Judges 17:1-18:31

John 3:1-21
Psalm 104:1-23
Proverbs 14:20-21

Jdg 17:1
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Jdg 17:2 And he
said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were
taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears,
behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be
thou of the LORD, my son.

Jdg 17:3 And when
he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his
mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for
my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore
it unto thee.

Jdg 17:4 Yet he
restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels
of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a
molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

Jdg 17:5 And the
man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and
consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Jdg 17:6 In those
days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which
was right in his own eyes.

Jdg 17:7 And there
was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a
Levite, and he sojourned there.

Jdg 17:8 And the
man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find
a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he
journeyed.

Jdg 17:9 And Micah
said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite
of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

Jdg 17:10 And
Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I
will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel,
and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

Jdg 17:11 And the
Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one
of his sons.

Jdg 17:12 And
Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in
the house of Micah.

Jdg 17:13 Then
said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to
my priest.

Jdg 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the
tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all
their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Jdg 18:2 And the
children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour,
from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they
said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to
the house of Micah, they lodged there.

Jdg 18:3 When they
were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the
Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither?
and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

Jdg 18:4 And he
said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I
am his priest.

Jdg 18:5 And they
said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our
way which we go shall be prosperous.

Jdg 18:6 And the
priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein
ye go.

Jdg 18:7 Then the
five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were
therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and
secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them
to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and
had no business with any man.

Jdg 18:8 And they
came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto
them, What say ye?

Jdg 18:9 And they
said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and,
behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go,
and to enter to possess the land.

Jdg 18:10 When ye
go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given
it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is
in the earth.

Jdg 18:11 And
there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of
Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

Jdg 18:12 And they
went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that
place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

Jdg 18:13 And they
passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

Jdg 18:14 Then
answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto
their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and
teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what
ye have to do.

Jdg 18:15 And they
turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even
unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

Jdg 18:16 And the
six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the
children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

Jdg 18:17 And the
five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and
took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image:
and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that
were appointed with weapons of war.

Jdg 18:18 And
these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

Jdg 18:19 And they
said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us,
and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest
unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family
in Israel?

Jdg 18:20 And the
priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

Jdg 18:21 So they
turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage
before them.

Jdg 18:22 And
when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in
the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the
children of Dan.

Jdg 18:23 And they
cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto
Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

Jdg 18:24 And he
said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone
away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me,
What aileth thee?

Jdg 18:25 And the
children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry
fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

Jdg 18:26 And the
children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too
strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

Jdg 18:27 And they
took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and
came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they
smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

Jdg 18:28 And there
was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no
business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by
Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

Jdg 18:29 And they
called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was
born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

Jdg 18:30 And the
children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the
son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day
of the captivity of the land.

Jdg 18:31 And they
set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of
God was in Shiloh.

Joh 3:1 There was
a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

Joh 3:2 The same
came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except
God be with him.

Joh 3:3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Joh 3:4 Nicodemus
saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second
time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Joh 3:5 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Joh 3:6 That which
is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Joh 3:7 Marvel not
that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Joh 3:8 The wind
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not
tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of
the Spirit.

Joh 3:9 Nicodemus
answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Joh 3:10 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these
things?

Joh 3:11 Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have
seen; and ye receive not our witness.

Joh 3:12 If I have
told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell
you of heavenly things?

Joh 3:13 And no
man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the
Son of man which is in heaven.

Joh 3:14 And as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be
lifted up:

Joh 3:15 That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Joh 3:16 For God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Joh 3:17 For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved.

Joh 3:18 He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God.

Joh 3:19 And this
is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Joh 3:20 For every
one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his
deeds should be reproved.

Joh 3:21
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God.